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cheating was the answer to everything. my mother reminds me of the proverb when the one great scorer comes across your name, you must not focus on whether you won or lost but how you played the game. tomorrow night, my prime time exclusive with with tiger woods' long time coach. that's all for us tonight. "ac 360" starts now. we begin as always keeping them honest. raising new questions in the trayvon martin case. new photos of trayvon martin tonight as an older teen. earlier pictures showed him as young as 11 years old. also, more complex nuance pictures emerging of the 17-year-old who was shot dead one month ago tonight by george zimmerman, we're learning why he had been suspended from school
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anticipate was not in school the day he was shot we're also learning more about george zimmerman's version what happened that night. a new eyewitness appears to back up at least part of it, some or all of the above may explain why sanford florida police did not arrest him and have not since it it could also signal how tough it could be to bring george zimmerman to trial and get a conviction. i spoke with angela cory who wand against expecting too much too soon. >> do we have everything we need? and if we do, we probably won't need a grand jury. >> you're hoping to make the decision in the next couple days? >> no, no, probably by the week after next. we need a couple weeks to do this. our burden of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt. that's an extremely high burden especially in light of the stand
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your ground law. >> adding to the pressure, though, there's this, a wanted poster offering $10,000 for the capture of george zimmerman. a fringe group called the new black panther party is behind it, against the wishes of the martin family. i spoke with a member of the group earlier tonight. >> you were asked this weekend if you were insighting violence, you responded by saying an eye for an eye, a life for a life. trayvon martin's father today said we don't believe in an eye for an eye. aren't you going against the wishes of trayvon's family? >> we love trayvon's father, but we are military, we have to support that family. we're with here to make them do their job. we will support trayvon's family but we are military. every nation has a military, every nation has a defense system, we're going to support this family, but we want the united states government to do their job. >> i'll have more from that interview shortly.
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that leading jeff triplet to compare his city to a tinder box. as the meeting began, the commissioner, mark mccarty, one of the ones who voted no confidence suffered chest pains and was taken to the hospital. people rallying in 11 other cities today from san francisco to philadelphia. emotions ran high as trayvon's mother reacted to her son's suspension after school officials found marijuana in his book bag. >> the only comment that i have right now, they killed my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation. >> the attorney for the family calling the story a distraction. >> he and his friends experimented with marijuana, that is still completely
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irrelevant to george zimmerman killing their son. >> also todays the orlando cen continual reported and the sanford police leaked an account of george zimmerman's encounter. he lost site of trayvon martin and was returning to his suv when with trayvon approached him. martin punched him in the nose knocking him down. on the ground the teen was 6'3" hit him repeatedly and slammed his head into the ground. additionally, abc news is reporting that zimmerman told police martin tried to take his gun. now, remember martin's family said he was talking on the phone before he was shot. trayvon said zimmerman was following him. he wants to be known as john, and spoke to a local affiliate. >> the guy on the bottom who i believe had a red sweater on was yelling to me help, help.
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i told him to stop and i was calling 911. >> it was george zimmerman who was wearing red. this is the first eyewitness who says he saw who yelled for help. and it was george zimmerman, john says he locked his patio door, ran upstairs and heard at least one gunshot. >> i got upstairs and looked down. the perpendicular that was on top beating up the other guy was the one laying in the grass, and i believe he was dead at that point. >> those are the headlines, but now we have a fuller picture of george zimmerman's account those moments. he's been out of the public eye ever since. today a new picture surfaced. her friend joe oliver spoke to me about the george zimmerman he knows. i understand you spoke with with george zimmerman this afternoon. how is he doing? >> this afternoon after speaking with george, i learned he's being treated for posttraumatic stress disorder. depression, insomnia, he has no hunger.
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i had a chance to fill in the blanks that have been left out in the report that was released today, and the information that's going to be coming out. once the grand jury convenes more to validate what i believe in, that george saved his own life. >> how do you mean? how can you say that? >> because of the account that he gave to me, and that's the evidence that's going to come out in the grand jury. >> so george told you his version events? >> yes, yes, he did. and i had him go through it. one of the reasons why we're at this point right now is that a lot of this information is just now being let out. i mean, i strongly believe that if from the very beginning with the characterizations of george being latino raermg than whites
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and with the information that was gathered in the investigation, if it had been let out earlier on we wouldn't be here right now. >> in terms of his event. in terms of what he says happened. what can you shed light on. there's now a witness who was interviewed by the local tv in florida who said he saw george zimmerman yell out for help. is that what george said to you? >> yes, george said that to me as well. beyond that, i really can't expound on it, because george has been told not to talk about the evidence that the police have, and obviously, they're releasing it piecemeal. >> but from what you heard, you believe that george zimmerman was in fear for his life? >> i do believe george zimmerman was in fear for his life. a belief ta at some point in that confrontation, george felt like, and believed with all his heart he had to make a decision to zee fend himself and to save
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his life. >> there's now a report indicating that in the initial police report, george zimmerman said he was on his way back to his vehicle to await the police when he was attacked by trayvon martin that is what he initially told police. can you confirm that? >> yes, i can. >> so he's saying he was on his way back to his vehicle and trayvon martin actually attacked him? >> yes, he -- that's what he's saying, that's what the police report is saying, that's what he has talked with me about? >> there is an affidavit that trayvon martin's family has gotten from a -- a young woman who was allegedly on the phone with trayvon martin just prior to the shooting in which she says according to this affidavit, that the families brought out, that trayvon martin indicated somebody was following him. and that he said to george zimmerman, why are you following me? george zimmerman said to him,
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what are you doing around here or words to that effect. does that jibe with what with george zimmer map has told you you? >> no, it doesn't. and again because of what has been released and what hasn't been released, that's more information that i can't talk about. that does not match george's version what happened. >> as you know, this group, the new black panther party has offered a reward for the capture of george zimmerman, is he concerned for his safety right now? >> that's why no one knows where he's at. he should be concerned for his safety. and i now have to be concerned for my safety. not just for myself, but for my friends and family as well. i wasn't there. i didn't pull the trigger, all i'm doing is standing up for a friend who defended himself because he truly believed he was about to die.
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>> i appreciate having your voice on the program tonight. we're trying to learn as much as we can, and it's important to hear from you, thank you. >> thank you. moments ago you heard from the martin family, joining me now is another member of the legal team. darryl parks. thanks very much for being with us. you just heard from joe oliver, he believed george zimmerman saved his own life and evidence will come out of the grand jury to the effect that zimmerman never pulled his gun out. how do you respond to that? >> we have to go back to the initial evidence for the 911 tapes that we're aware of. mr. zimmerman thought that trayvon was suspicious. number two, the dispatcher told him, are you following him? he said yes. she said you don't have to follow him. he with can have confidence in that evidence that he was being the aggressive. i know the gentleman is a good friend of his, and that's fine. however, we have very very clear
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evidence to the world of what this gentleman was doing. for him to try to turn the tide on trayvon right now, when trayvon has lost his life, he's dead. it's almost -- it's a great insult to this family. >> do you think this is part of a -- sort of an organized campaign on the part of zimmerman or his supporters to -- i mean, some would say they want to get their side of the story out. do you believe it's somehow bolstered his side and somehow impugned the character of trayvon? >> i think it is. we've seen it often in criminal cases where a defense team tries to use various theorys to put deposition out there. when you take those two 911 tapes and the statements from his girlfriend and the phone records, it's very clear that she was on the phone from 7:12 to 7:16 and the sanford police was on the scene at 7:17.
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those facts aren't controverted. mr. zimmerman and his friends can say whatever they want to say. america needs to focus on the facts not the innuendo that people may try to come up with. >> when i interviewed trayvon's mother she was clear believing passionately that was her son calling for help on the 911 call. george zimmerman is claiming it was him calling for him. and now this eyewitness has come forward claiming he saw that it was george zimmerman calling for help. does the martin family still firmly believe in fact it was their son is it. >> yes, we do. but anderson, go back. zimmerman admits he gets out of the truck when they tell him not to. i think we have to stay on the facts of the case, to go straight to the incident that happened -- trayvon isn't here to tell his story. we have mr. zimmerman, he could tell us anything, along with a
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few witnesses that were there. the witnesses contradict themselves. what should happen is that since the witnesses contradict -- that's probable cause. arrest him and let a court of law resolve this issue. >> over the weekend you said in an interview you doubt george zimmerman will be indicted with a federal hate crime. i'm wondering why that is. why is that? >> well, i think it's a very, very high standard. and i think if you look at the statements that were made initially by the justice department, it was a guarded statement. what i said over the weekend is that the standard is a lot lower in state court. so the state court has a better chance of the conviction. i was only expressing a thought on state court over federal court. the other part of it is this, in america, we try to put a greater emphasis on the federal jurisdiction. well, in this situation here, we'll be happy even with a state jurisdiction and the state carrying out the law in this matter.
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>> this group, the new black panther party has come forward saying they're offering a reward for the capture of george zimmerman. trayvon's father said they don't believe in an eye for an eye. are you concerned that this will take focus away from trayvon's case? >> well, i think that the statement made by the father, the statement made by benjamin crump earlier today is very clear, we do not condone, we condemn the conduct of this particular group and in no shape or form support it. we believe that in america and in our country and state, we can get fair justice, and we are putting our confidence in the system that we have in our great state of florida, we don't condone those people whatsoever, anderson. >> i appreciate you being on the program tonight, thank you. >> thank you. let us know what you think, we're on facebook, google plus twitter. i'll be tweeting throughout the program tonight as always. an interview with a membered new
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black panther party who is pushing against the wishes of the martin family. you are directly going against what trayvon martin's father says he believes in. the family does not want you involved in this. >> well, then again, anderson, you need to tell the state department of justice to arrest this guy. tell the city sanford to arrest this guy. tell the attorney general to arrest this guy. >> you'll hear more from them ahead. the most spectacular experiences are happening here. imax now showing on the big board.
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the story of trayvon martin's killing is not as imam as it once was. no one knows exactly what happened. we're still awaiting the truth. passions are running high, tensions are rising. this wanted poster is fanning the flames, a group calling themselves the new black panther party putting out a bounty for george zimmerman's arrest. they now say the amount is up to $23,000.
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they'd like to make it a million dollars. they want no part of this. they say we're not asking for an eye for an eye, we're asking for justice. i spoke to a member the new black panther party before air time. you say your group is offering a $10,000 reward for the capture of george zimmerman. what does that mean? capturing george zimmerman? >> we want to apprehend him, arrest him and bring him to the authorities so they can charge this man with first degree murder, he committed murder, he committed a hate crime, since the united states will not do their job, even though we're supposed to be citizens, we decided to take it upon ourselves in coalition with
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other groups, in coalition with with other black people who have had enough. >> you say you watch the to hand him over to authorities, he's not been charged at this point with any crime. so under what authority would you apprehend him and hand him over to anybody? >> the citizens arrest. he killed someone, and he's in hiding, anderson. the police department is protecting him, anderson. i have never heard in the history america where one was able to kill an innocent human being and then be protected by the police. >> why do you feel -- >> we decided to get involved. >> how do you say the police are protecting him, though. at this point numerous authorities are investigating him. >> yes, they may be investigating on the surface, but behind the scenes, they're trying to protect his life. >> you were asked this weekend if you were insighting violence, you responded by saying an eye for an eye, a life for a life. trayvon's father said we don't
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believe in an eye for an eye. aren't you going against the wishes of trayvon martin's family? >> we love trayvon's father, but we are military, we're here to support that family. we're hee to make them do their job. we will support trayvon's family. every nation has a military, every nation has a defense system. we're going to support this family, but we want the united states government to do their job. if you all would do the job, we wouldn't be here today. >> you are directly going against what trayvon martin's father says he believes in. the family does not want you involved in this. >> well, then again you need to tell the state department of justice to arrest this guy. tell the city of sanford to arrest this guy. tell the attorney general to arrest this guy. we believe that the government is stalling, and we love be trayvon's family and we're here
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for them, but again they have killed million of black men and women, not only are we calling for justice for trayvon, we're talking about the millions of americans that have been murdered that haven't had justice. don't put the spotlight on the new black panther party we didn't commit the murder. let's put the spotlight back on george zimmerman -- >> you say you're here for trayvon's family, but trayvon's family does not want you there. you say -- >> you tell the justice department, eric holder and our president obama to get up off their behind and do their work. >> you say you are calling for justice for trayvon martin, aren't you really calling for vengeance, though? >> no, sir, we can make a citizens arrest when the united states government will not do their job. we have that right. again, anderson, you cannot put the burden on the new black panther party, you must put it back on george zimmerman, put it on the lap no good bill lee, on
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the no good state attorney norm wolf, i'm not going to call him -- i'm going to call him a wolf, because he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. >> factually speaking whaks you're saying does not make sense, under the constitution you can make a citizen's arrest, can you not arrest somebody if they have not been charged with anything, that's still being investigated. >> according to the law, he has been charged with with murder -- >> according to what -- >> according to street law, according to god's lawing i want to say i don't obey the white man's law, i don't follow american law. the american law does not protect me, and he son. i'm not a citizen, i have no right to respect american law, we decided to craft language to put pressure on the united states because these are snakes, government to arrest them. when the people find him, he may
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not be alive. do your job. do your job. >> anderson, you're not so concerned about trayvon's family. you're not worried about his pain, anderson. talk about his pain. >> sir, actually, you have no idea what's in my mind or my heart or what i've been reporting on, you've been out talking to crowds, i can tell you for several days, i've interviewed them multiple times, what i'm wondering is, aren't you taking advantage of the situation to try to get in front of cameras and get your name out for your group, which is tiny? >> no, sir, no, sir, no, sir. the new black panther party has a track record rehabbing black men, training black people -- >> the southern poverty law center has labelled your group a hate group and they say you're violently racist and anti-semitic. do you fear your involvement will take away focus from trayvon martin, from his family, what they're going through and
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the wheels of justice? isn't this kind of a side show? no, sir, we are sincere in what we believe in, in defending the rights and interests black people all over the world. i will say this, why they don't consider the united states government anti-semitic, anti-black, anti-red, anti-yellow. the white man cannot call anybody anti-semitic, he's not a semitic person, he's a racist, a murderer, a killer. all in one time. so don't put it on the black panther party. >> you did this weekend talk about an eye for an eye, a life for a life. is that your vision of just snis. >> you're rights anderson, you have to stop killing black people, okay? you tell the sanford police department. you tell the police departments all over america, stop killing black people, you don't have a problem. >> trayvon's family doesn't want you in, they don't like what you're saying, and yet you seem unwilling to listen to that.
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>> we represent the millions of black families here today. we love trayvon's family and everything they do. we're calling for justice again. you have to have a military. you have to have a military to defend your interests. again, we love you, but we're going to continue to support you, regardless of the millions of white folks and negroes, we're going to stand up for this family and justice in america throughout the world. >> are you saying they are -- to use your phrase, uncle toms, are you saying that about trayvon martin's family? >> those who are campaigning -- i didn't say them, i said the uncle tom negroes who are complaining about the presence of the new black panther party. >> his family is complaining about your presence. >> i would love to silt down with him. >> they don't want to.
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>> i think there's white folks that are complaining. there's white americans complaining. i got to tell you, we're not going anywhere today. we're not going anywheres anderson, your divisive tactics won't work today. you have to find another suger, anderson. >> i appreciate your time. you're not disappointing me, i wanted to give you some time. i appreciate that, sir, thank you very much. let us know what you think. did george zimmerman use a racial slur moments before killing trayvon martin? in the meantime, we have one of the best audio earning nears here at cnn to try to clean up the background noise on the recording, you can decide for yourself what you hear, a slur, something else. yeah! if you're looking for a place to get together, you came to the right place. because here at hotels.com, we're only about hotels. yeah! yeah!
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up close tonight,ed 911 recording george zimmerman made moments before he shot trayvon martin. tonight radar online is claiming the audio has been sent to the fbi in quantico, virginia. we asked the fbi's tampa office about that report, they said they couldn't comment on specific investigative details at this time. the lead investigator said they will be doing audio analysis this tape. the slur that some people hear in the recording is hard to make out. last week we listened with one of cnn's top audio engineers to make it clear.
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we decided not to bleep anything out, it's evidence and bleeping makes it even harder to hear what's being said. if there's a small child in the room, you may want to ask them to leave right now. we think it's important for you to hear this, and you can determine for yourself what you hear. here's gary tuchman. >> reporter: this is edit room 31 in cnn center in atlanta. this is one the most sophisticated audio suites in the area. 24 is our audio expert, he's one of the best in the business. i have not listened to this portion of the 911 tape at all. >> okay, which entrance is that that he's heading toward. >> the back entrance. >> you may not have heard the moment in question because it was so quick. >> how long does that portion
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last that everyone's talk about? >> 1 second 18 frames. >> that's about 1.6 seconds? >> correct. >> let's listen to it ten times in a row if we can. >> what we're listening too is a racial slur, some say they hear it, others don't. it follows the f word. >> it's certainly a lot clearer when we listen to it this way. >> i did a little boosting at 2.6 kilohertz. >> what rick has done is lowered the base. >> why is it that you want to get rid of the low end of the audio? >> to minimize the noise. >> that takes away the noise, and allows us to hear the voice more clearly. >> we'll boost it up a little
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more and we'll give it a shot. >> it does sound a little clearer to me. it sounds like this allegation could be accurate, but i wouldn't swear to it in court. >> yeah. very difficult to really pinpoint what he's saying. >> can we play just that second word, and hear if it sounds any different? >> it certainly sounds like that word to me, but you can't be sure. >> that's correct. >> only george zimmerman knows if he used the slur, but he's not talking, so the phone call like so much this case remains a mystery. gary tuchman, cnn atlanta. >> some people? twitter are saying they hear a c word, the word goons, punks. we're not trying to tell you
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in raw politics tonight, rick santorum went big in louisiana over the weekend. he gave his critics new ammunition when he lashed out at a reporter. before we play it to you, you need some setup. a reporter asked him about something he said in the speech that he had just given in wisconsin. romney shared president obama's views on health care reform. here's what he said. >> mitt romney agreed with barack obama on every single thing that he did. because he put it in place in massachusetts, it's the blueprint for obama cares don't believe me, ask obama. why would we put someone up who is uniquely. pick any other republican in the country -- he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. >> after the speech, new york times jeff zelleni asked rick
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santorum about that last sentence you just heard. >> you said he's the worst republican in the country. is that true? >> what speech did you listen to. >> right here. >> stop lying -- i said he was the worst republican to run on the issue of obama care. i have said uniquely for every speech i give. he's uniquely disqualified to run against barack obama and health care. would you quit distorting what i'm saying. >> you use the words -- >> to run against barack obama on health care. i've been saying it at every speech. quit distorting our words. i see it, it's bull [ bleep ] come on, man. >> joining me, mary madeleine and cornell belcher who works for the obama 2012 campaign. what do you make that, i mean, did he have a legitimate gripe with a reporter? and does it help him with plenty
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people who dislike reporters and like seeing the capdy date push back. >> one part it is, we complain about the political season, we complain about campaigns this is what campaigns are supposed to do. the back and forth the heated discussion, the roller coaster right, you learn who people are in campaigns, that exchange was a genuine exchange. you see who rick santorum is. whether republican or democrat, if you look at the great political figures in american time, modern time, whether it be reagan, clinton or obama, and even george bush had for a while, they're not mean, they're not nasty, they're not angry, american voters tend not to like politicians who are angry or mean spirited. i think in the long term, this absolutely hurts him. he may raise some money off it, but in the long term it hurts him. >> do you agree? is this like newt gingrich on those debates focusing on a reporter? >> no, it was not scripted.
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i think what's happening here, cornell won't disagree with this, there develops over time a sort of a political stockholm syndrome between the campaign and the press that's assigned to them, and they hold each other hostage, they need each other, there's a build in resentment there, but also a dysfunctional family. up late, getting up early, eating the same horrible hotel food. jeff heard the speep a million times, he knew jeff knew what it meant. it's betrayal, people from the outside who haven't lived through all these horrible campaigns. you get worn down worse when your prospects are less worthy than they once were. i don't think for a nano second he's an angry person, i think it's just what happens on campaigns.
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>> cornell, let's talk about what happened with with president obama at the tail end of his meeting with russia's presidents there was clearly what was intended to be an off mike moment. i want to play some of it. >> republicans are pouncing on that rarg, how much do you think that could hurt president obama? >> you know, i think it's much ado about nothing. what you see there is a nice moment. washington republicans try to pivot away from etch-a-sketch here. it's a work of art. mitt romney screws that up, he ended the debate with wolf, he said rush why was our greatest geo political foe. russia worked with us on the stark treaty, reduced nuclear weapons.
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i think this is much ado about nothing. common sense solutions have a hard time. no matter what the president did, republicans are going to attack him on it, anticipate call him weak, and newt will probably find some way to connect it to sharee ya law or something. it's just common sense. >> is this an etch-a-sketch moment for the president? >> it feeds into a narrative that the president himself created by saying he wanted to reset our relationship with russia he did that seeking accommodation, resetting of the relationship and he cemented our flexibility in it by not deploying, by pulling back on the ground base missile defense systems. he has a different defense missile, that was the narrative
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he said. for that, he's gotten nothing back from russia, no cooperation on iran, sear yag or the u.n. and he played right into that, i'll go with with cornell, though, and say, i've been with presidents and vice presidents when they're trying to have a private moment and it's unfortunate for him that one was captured but the -- we did not reset our relationship with russia in anyway that's been beneficial to us at this point. >> let's leave it there. appreciate, thank you very much. the wife of the soldier accused killing 17 afghan civilians, including nine kids is speaking out. her husband loves kids would not have committed the murders.
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sergio! christina! question for you. what factors led you to buy your explorer. definitely the ecoboost option. what's pretty amazing is that you can get the fuel economy of a car in an suv. that basically did it for us. and the technology... oh, my goodness, the technology is amazing. everything is touch. you can actually talk to the car and it talks back to you. what have your friends said about your explorer? can we drive it? can we borrow it? what's your answer? no. no way. uh uh. (laugh)
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i'm isha sesay with a 360 bulletin. opponents if syria said at least 59 people were killed today in heavy shelling by government forces on rebel strong holds. once again, the city of homs bore the brunt of the violence p.m. they blame the violence on what it calls armed terrorist groups. the wife of robert bales, a soldier accused of murdering 17 afghan citizens says she doesn't believe her husband could ever commit such a crime. karilyn bales said this case is not what it appears to be. >> when i asked what kind of dad he was. he said, he was so involved with his children. he loves children. >> he loves children. he's like a big kid himself.
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>> he's accused of killing nine children. >> right. >> innocent children. >> i have no idea what happened, but he would not -- he loves children. and he would not do that 3 it's heart breaking. i can't imagine losing my children, so my heart definitely goes out to them for losing all of their children. pope benedict xvi arrived today in cuba. he was greeted by raul castro and top church officials. tomorrow he flies to havana. he may meet with former leader fidel castro. benedict arrived in cuba after a visit to mexico. and movie director james cameron returns from his voyage to the bottom of the pacific ocean. he travelled nearly 36,000 feet to the mariano trench. this is one of the deepest known points in the world's oceans. the geek in me as you know, i have a small part of geek, thinks this is super cool.
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>> i thought it was cool. i share your geekness. >> no, we know you have more geek than i do. >> i don't know if you saw this it's from britain's got talent. it's wowing people all over the internet. it's a singing duo of charlotte and jonathan. jonathan says he's being self-conscious of his size. he's been bullied, made fun of. but his friend and singing partner charlotte helped give him confidence. take a look. ♪ >> jonathan, you are a future star. >> thank you. >> pretty cool. >> reaction is so heartwarming.
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>> i heard simon cowell said jonathan should dump charlotte because she may hold him back. >> which i thought was just really rotten of cowell. but he said no, they came on as a duo and was going to carry on as a duo. bravo. >> i like simon cowell. >> you're just scared of simon cowell. >> i'm not. i interviewed him for "60 minutes." i think he's a clever guy. i think his viewpoint is pretty accurate. >> so are you saying jonathan should dump charlotte? is this what i can expect of you dumping me when you face stardom? you should just dump me? >> no, no. well -- >> good night. >> isha sesay, thanks. tomorrow night bill mccollum on the constitutional challenges of president obama's health care reform law. and soledad o'brien talks hunger games. coming up next, the ridiculist and saab ya baron
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time now for the ridiculist. tonight it's a bad case of the wrong national anthem at a sporting event. the sporting event is an international shooting competition in kuwait. a sharpshooter from kazakhstan waited to hear her national anthem ring out. and it did. the problem was it was a parody version in the borat movie.
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complete with with lyrics that are hysterical but completely inappropriate for the occasion. ♪ >> yeah. the kazakhstan sport and physical culture agency which i'm sorry but sounds like something out of borat has filed a protest with the organizers in kuwait. the organizers have apologized. they said it was down loaded from the internet and played by accident. it's not the first time it's caused trouble. in the movie, his character goes to a rodeo in virginia. take a look. >> i now will sing our kazakhstan national anthem to the tune of your national anthem. please stand.
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♪ kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world ♪ ♪ all other countries are run by little girls ♪ ♪ kazakhstan is number one ♪ exporter of potassium ♪ other central asian countries have inferior potassium ♪ >> so believe it or not, this also isn't the first time the wrong song has been played instead of the kazakhstan national anthem. check out this video from a skiing festival in kazakhstan. ♪ >> yeah, if you're playing along at home, that was the first few notes of ricky martin's living la vida loca.